Meloni Clarifies: No US Talks on Italy's Military Bases Amid West Asia Crisis

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Meloni: No US Talks on Italy Bases Amid West Asia Crisis; Iran-Israel Conflict Escalates

US President Donald Trump and Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (AFP file photo)

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News18•05-03-2026, 13:53

Meloni: No US Talks on Italy Bases Amid West Asia Crisis; Iran-Israel Conflict Escalates

•Italian PM Giorgia Meloni denied US requests for military base use amid rising West Asia tensions.
•Italy plans to send defensive aid to the Gulf as conflicts widen following US-Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran's retaliation.
•The West Asia crisis escalates with missile and drone exchanges, including Iran's attacks on Israel and Israel's strikes on Hezbollah.
•A US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, prompting IRGC retaliation with a strike on a US tanker in the Gulf.
•Iranian cleric Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli called for "shedding" the blood of US President Donald Trump and Israelis on state TV.

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